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Description:The Poetic Edda is our main source for the myths of the Norse gods and heroes. Written down in medieval Iceland, this “original storehouse of Germanic mythology” collects 35 narrative poems recounting most of what we know about the religious beliefs of the ancient Northmen.Henry Adams Bellows’ 1923 translation has long been recognized as one of the most aesthetically faithful, being rendered in the original alliterative meters of the Norse poems. This revised edition updates it according to modern scholarship, adding a foreword by historian Thomas Rowsell, dozens of beautiful illustrations, and facing Old Norse text. Each poem has been newly introduced by Tristan Powers, writing from the perspective of a living practitioner of the Norse religion, giving us deeper insight into the worldview and religious spirit that animates them.This edition corrects the flaws and retains the strengths of the 1923 edition. The result is the ultimate edition of the Poetic Edda both for serious students of Norse myth, and for lovers of poetry.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with POETIC EDDA. To get started finding POETIC EDDA, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 941

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Imperium Press

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1922602655

Description: The Poetic Edda is our main source for the myths of the Norse gods and heroes. Written down in medieval Iceland, this “original storehouse of Germanic mythology” collects 35 narrative poems recounting most of what we know about the religious beliefs of the ancient Northmen.Henry Adams Bellows’ 1923 translation has long been recognized as one of the most aesthetically faithful, being rendered in the original alliterative meters of the Norse poems. This revised edition updates it according to modern scholarship, adding a foreword by historian Thomas Rowsell, dozens of beautiful illustrations, and facing Old Norse text. Each poem has been newly introduced by Tristan Powers, writing from the perspective of a living practitioner of the Norse religion, giving us deeper insight into the worldview and religious spirit that animates them.This edition corrects the flaws and retains the strengths of the 1923 edition. The result is the ultimate edition of the Poetic Edda both for serious students of Norse myth, and for lovers of poetry.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with POETIC EDDA. To get started finding POETIC EDDA, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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